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The document provides guidelines for writing a research proposal, including an outline of the key elements that should be included. It lists the following main sections: rationale, research objectives, literature review, theoretical framework, research methodology, research scope, and list of references. It also provides guidance on how to write each section and how to cite references and quotations in the correct format.

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The document provides guidelines for writing a research proposal, including an outline of the key elements that should be included. It lists the following main sections: rationale, research objectives, literature review, theoretical framework, research methodology, research scope, and list of references. It also provides guidance on how to write each section and how to cite references and quotations in the correct format.

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GUIDELINES ON WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Once you identify a business problem or research topic, and you have gathered enough
information to show that the project is worthwhile, you will write a research proposal for
your supervisor’s and sponsor’s comment and approval.

Writing a proposal forces you to think through each project step and how to approach
the overall project in a systematic way. Having a good research proposal is a good start
to the project.

OUTLINE OF RESEARCH PROPOSAL


The following elements should be included in your research proposal:

 Rationale

 Research Objectives

 Literature Review

 Theoretical Background/ Framework

 Research Methodology

 Research Scope

 List of references

RATIONALE
 Rationale of the research provides readers with background information
that briefly presents the circumstances surrounding the problem situation and
the events leading to the development of the research proposal.
 You should address the following question: Why do you choose that
problem? Why is that problem important?
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
 The Research Objectives lists the key goals of the research project as they
address the problem.

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LITERATURE REVIEW
The purpose of the Literature Review is to situate your research in the context of
what is already known about a topic. It needs to show that your work will benefit the
whole. It should provide the theoretical basis for your work, show what has been done in
the area by others, and set the stage for your work.
 The Literature Review should mention the followings:
o Previous research
o Interlocking findings and unanswered questions
o You preliminary work on the topic
o The remaining questions and their inter-locking logic
o Reprises of your research question(s) in this context

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT


 The Theoretical Framework describes the models that you will be using
in the thesis to demonstrate your points.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 This section presents the research methods and procedures that you will use
during the project. It describes the steps to achieve the objectives, the way
you will collect and analyze information, and identifies any problems you
anticipate and how to solve them.

RESEARCH SCOPE
 The Research Scope addresses how the study will be narrowed in scope.
 It should mention the followings:
o Research Objects
o Geographical scope of the research: Does the study cover a
specific geographical area?
o Does the research cover a particular time period? Are the data
going to be collected in a specific period of time?

LIST OF REFERENCES

 Your references should be listed in consecutive numbers, starting from 1.


 The heading List of References must appear at the top of the first page.
The heading must be bold, capitalized, centered and without punctuation.

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 References should be listed in alphabetical order of the author’s first
names (or first authors’ first names) or the name of the issue
organization.
 Do not split entries over two pages. If an entire entry does not fit on one
page, place the entire entry on the next page.

Books, thesis, reports


References from Books, thesis, reports should contain the following parts in
order:
1. Name of author or co-authors
2. (Year), [put in between brackets (), and use comma to separate]
3. Title of Book/ Thesis/ Reports, [Font style must be Italic, use comma to separate]
4. Publisher, [use comma to separate]
5. Place of publishing. [use dot at the end]
Example:
Name of author/ co-authors (Year), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of publishing.
Nguyễn Hữu Đống, Đào Thanh Bằng, Lâm Quang Dụ, Phan Đức Trực (1997),
Đột biến – Cơ sở lý luận và ứng dụng, NXB Nông nghiệp, Hà Nội.

Articles
References from articles should contain the following parts in order:
1. Name of author or co-authors
2. (Year), [put in between brackets, and use comma to separate]
3. “Title of Article”, [put in between quotation marks “…”, Font style must be normal,
use comma at the end]
4. Name of newspapers/ magazines/ books that contain the articles, [Font style
must be Italic, use comma to separate]
5. Volume number
6. (Issue number), [put in between brackets, and use comma at the end]
7. Page number. [use dash between two page numbers, use dot at the end]

Example:
Name of author or co-authors (Year), “Title of Article”, Name of newspaper/
magazine/book that contains the article, Volume number (Issue number), Page
number.

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Anderson, J.E. (1985), “The Relative Inefficiency of Quota, The Cheese Case”,
American Economic Review, 75 (1), pp. 178 – 90.
Websites
References which are websites should contains the followings (separate each
part with a dot):
1. Name of author or editor (if known).
2. Date/Year of publishing (if known).
3. Name of the website [Online]. [Font style must be Italic]
4. Name of the publishing organization (if known).
5. The website address (full link). [accessed on DD/MM/YY].
Example:
C.et al. 2003. The future of professinalised work: UK and Germany compared
[Online]. London: Anglo – German Foundation for the Study of Industrial
Society. Address: http://www.agf.org.uk/pubs/pdfs/1232web.pdf [Accessed on:
10/5/2007].

How to cite direct quotations in your research proposal:


 In the text of your report, when you refer or use someone’s ideas, you
must cite the number of that reference in square blankets []. For example,
if you use Porter’s ideas, and his article is listed as number 14th in your
reference, you MUST put [14, pp 314 - 315] next to the ideas.
 If you use precise statistics or quotes from any article/books, you MUST
cite the actual pages and reference number(s). For example, in the text of
the report, if you use a quote from page 45 of the article that is listed as
number 12th in the List of references, you must use the quotation format
“…” and cite [12, pp45] next to the quote.
 If you use precise statistics or quotes from more than one source, you
MUST cite the reference numbers separately in each square bracket []
and list them in order, for examples: [19], [25].

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